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Age:: 23

Hometown:: Silt, Co

A Little Bit About Me:: I'm your modern day cowboy. I love technology, computers, movies and the farm life!
I teach technology in High School.
Love video games.

Favorite Music:: I like every genre there is always something good.

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This is just a blog about all those unexpected twists and turns in life. Sometimes it seems like life can just be after you.... Within the last month I can say I've been through some rough times. Last Week started off with my car breaking down, I didn't think things could get worst and amongst the chaos of the week. My dog got hit by a car and died. Maybe you don't understand but most dog owners know they really become a part of the family, he was my closets friend. This week as I look for th… Continue

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Computer Science in Education in Colorado

So we are almost done with the first quarter of my first year in Education. Yet there is this issue that still nags me! Computer Science and how it is injected into education at any level. First I completely understand that at any level there has to be a set of understanding to get to those higher level concepts. Yet, I think there are tons of things about Computer (technology) Education that gets over looked. We teach technology in our high schools, and middle schools as a tool and nothing els… Continue

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At 5:25pm on December 18, 2008, (tubejay) culture over aquisition said…: it's true that engineering was (on some levels) less involved. however, in some ways they are more open now, in some ways less. some of the efforts in computer engineering have made things more complicated, but above all, some things are becoming less difficult to innovate/reinnovate without access to trade secrets.

i feel that open technology will assist education. unfortunately in the united states, lobbying against open technology has been easy under the administration of the last 8 years. during the next 8 i think it could go in either direction. i believe that introduced to the right people, the new pres will realize the importance of open technology, as the dept. of defense did in spite of the previous administration, and as did countless other nations. you should expect the vp to be a counter on this issue, in the past he has been very cozy with the riaa. unlike many well known floss advocates however, i believe one of the best ways to teach floss is side-by-side with its proprietary competition. macs are in between.

At 11:07am on December 18, 2008, (tubejay) culture over aquisition said…: regarding the curriculum i could not agree more. this is another area where our interests overlap and i would not tire of hearing your ideas about it. in th future i may add some of my own.

i would replace the word "software" with the word "applications." focusing on applications is a waste of time for all the reasons teaching "software" is. but offering hands-on experience with the right software can prepare people to learn applications themselves. there needs to be a sort of "apps theory" curriculum. one that helps people learn how to learn apps, based on the common themes between them. that is how i taught myself. and if you teach web applets, gui apps, and textmode apps side by side, they will learn how similar they all are and learn to find the fields, shortcuts, menus and controls they need to use applications. no one should leave not knowing what a taskbar (or a panel) is, and it should be win/mac/lin too. no more teaching one o.s.

At 11:26am on December 16, 2008, (tubejay) culture over aquisition said…: i was going to ask what you teach, but when i came here to ask it was on your profile.

what made you choose to, and what sort of lessons do you follow?